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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] LoongArch: Support toolchain with new relocation
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From:   Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>
To:     Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
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On Mon, 2022-08-29 at 12:33 +0800, Huacai Chen wrote:
> > If we'll drop support for old GCC/Binutils, we can drop patch 5 (it's
> > only needed for the combination of old GCC and new Binutils).=C2=A0 The=
n
> > squash 4 and 7.=C2=A0 8 should still be standalone IMO.

> Whether we can drop old toolchains depends on Arnd. :)

I'd like to prepare V6 after we can make a final decision.

> But even if we should support old toolchains, I think we only need to
> consider new binutils + new gcc and old binutils + old gcc, I don't
> think new binutils + old gcc and old binutils + new gcc can exist in
> the real world.

Generally, how do we report an unsupported configuration in kernel
building system?  With a $(error, "message") in the Makefile, or in some
header with a #error?  I don't want to leave an unsupported
configuration silently generating modules which can't be loaded by the
kernel.

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Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>
School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University